From: lugnut@NOSPAMhotmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 23:05:01 -0800, Jim Ellwanger   
    wrote:   
      
      
   >> Jim Ellwanger  writes:   
      
   >When I was closed-captioning Conan, I had the advantage of a cassette   
   >player with a foot pedal, but had the disadvantage of not being able to   
   >see the video (or hear a clear, crisp version of the audio, since we   
   >were getting it over a phone line hookup).   
   >   
   >--   
   >Jim Ellwanger    
   > welcomes you daily.   
   >"The days turn into nights; at night, you hear the trains."   
      
   Wow, so there's really actual humans doing those closed-caption   
   transcriptions of live/semi-live shows?  They're often so far "off"   
   that I always assumed it was some kind of voice recognition software   
   taking care of it.   
      
   -lugnut   
      
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